<p>I'm a junior and I'm thinking about summer already :P.</p>
<p>I'm trying to decide between COSMOS (UCSD seems like a nice place to stay; cheap; UCs will like), Columbia (the name of the school; seems like a lot of fun; reallllly pricey though), or CTY (Also the name; I heard lots of good things; not sure if I'm interested in medical but I found biology to be tolerable).</p>
<p>I think you might be a little old for CTY... I don't know much about COSMOS, but I went to Columbia last summer (Advanced Creative Writing) and it was seriously awesome! It's worth it! The classes are amazing, the experience is amazing, and the city is really great.</p>
<p>dude do the uc santa barbara research mentorship program..it's amazing (if you're into research that is)</p>
<p>my son's friend did cosmos at UCSD and said it was fairly boring.....he did Cornell Summer college the following year -- but pricey.</p>
<p>If you are a minority (including asian american) I would look into LEAD. Its a program in business. I attended this summer and it changed my life.</p>
<p>All my friends are going medical and I'm going into engineering/management.</p>
<p>And how is being Asian a part of a minority?!</p>
<p>Of course Asians are a minority, they're just not an URM.</p>